Arsenal for Democracy Bill Humphrey

Description: The host of the “Age of Napoleon” podcast joins Bill to talk about fascinating Progressive Era reformer and US Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte, the Baltimore-based grandson of Napoleon’s youngest brother. Subscribe to our Patreon. Links and notes for Ep. 341 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bonus-AFD-Ep-341-Links-and-Notes-Charles-Joseph-Bonaparte-feat-Age-of-Napoleon.pdf Theme music by Stunt Bird.

Description: Rachel, Kelley, and Bill discuss the passage of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act and its effects against US labor unions, as well as the potential role of white-collar workers in organized labor’s future. Links and notes for Ep. 340 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AFD-Ep-340-Links-and-Notes-Taft-Hartley.pdf Theme music by Stunt Bird.

Unlocked bonus episode: Patrick from “Conspiracy You Can Believe In” joins Bill and Nate to talk about planned obsolescence, the interwar Phoebus Cartel, the “right to repair” movement, and the ecological peril of a wasteful economy. Subscribe at Patreon for more bonus episodes. Links for Ep. 339 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bonus-AFD-Ep-339-Links-and-Notes-The-Future-of-Planned-Obsolescence-feat-Patrick.pdf Theme … Read more

Description: In 1934, an army of the unemployed rallied to the defense of a new labor union in one of the hardest-hit cities of the Great Depression, facing down the Ohio National Guard. Bill and Rachel discuss. Links and notes for Ep. 338 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AFD-Ep-338-Links-and-Notes-The-Toledo-Auto-Lite-Strike-of-1934.pdf Theme music by Stunt Bird.

Description: Nate read the highly influential but now largely forgotten 1888 utopian futurism novel “Looking Backward” by Edward Bellamy, and he discusses it with Bill. Links and notes for Ep. 337 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AFD-Ep-337-Links-and-Notes-Edward-Bellamy’s-“Looking-Backward”.pdf Theme music by Stunt Bird.

Description: The US criminal justice system depends heavily on the presumed credibility of police testimony. Prosecutors not only regularly fail to tell defendants an officer witness has a credibility problem but often don’t keep track themselves. Bill and Rachel discuss. Links and notes for Ep. 336 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AFD-Ep-336-Links-and-Notes-Brady-Lists.pdf Theme music … Read more